Archived Equity Issues and Resource Links

dot Overall Issues of Equity dot Handicapped Access
dot Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Bias Issues dot General Resources
   

Overall Issues of Equity

star NWREL's Northwest Educational Technology Consortium This site explains well Access, Type of Use and Curriculum Issues
star Equity Center - Northwest Regional Lab The Equity Center is one of 10 regional equity assistance centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Their Publications section has helpful information.
star Eisenhower National Clearinghouse: Equity Resource A resource for educators concerned about creating equitable conditions in which every child can succeed. These equity materials can help teachers and administrators acknowledge children's diverse strengths, identify inequities, and improve the ways they serve students with varied needs.
star Key Issues Equity and Access - Math Forum Discusses Equity in Social Issues and Public Policy, and in Access .

Handicapped Access

star Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation Closing the Gap, Inc. hosts a newspaper-style web site dedicated to addressing access issues for the handicapped. Among the web site's resources is a searchable on-line database of over 2000 computer-related products for children and adults with special needs.
star Math Forum's Equity:Disabled/Challenged A good list of links to sites dealing with access.
star Teaching Math to Visually Impaired Students Great resources for teaching both visually impaired and sighted students.

Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Bias Issues

star WEEA Equity On-line Women's Equity Resource Center
star Publications relating to gender equity on the American Association of University Women website
star Model Strategies in Bilingual Education: Professional Development Dept of ED., Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs
star A contrasting CNN report from May 10, 2000, Online gender gap closing fast, which suggests that the Internet is no longer the male-dominated entity it once was. 50% of Internet users are now female, though males and females tend to use the Internet for different purposes and with different frequencies.
star Weaving Gender Equity into Math reform

General Resources

star Michele Stafford-Levy's List of URLs Concerning Equity Issues created specifically with NMSU PT3 faculty in mind.
star Michele Stafford-Levy and Ellen Treadway's presentation for the CILT200 conference



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